Hospitals Are The Coolest Place To Hang Out!
Alberta, Canada, Current Events, Hospital, Impossible Demands | Healthy | September 29, 2021
I work at one of the main hospitals in the city, and I rotate between different entrances. Hospitals have been very strict with who they allow into the hospital since the health crisis, with only patients and select visitors being permitted. There are many people who try to come into the hospital despite not being a patient or knowing a patient who has been admitted, and a lot of my job involves calling the main switchboard and various units to ensure random people aren’t just wandering around and that people actually have someone they are going to visit.
One day, a visitor comes in.
Visitor: “I’m here to visit my grandmother.”
Me: “Can I have the spelling of her name, please?”
Visitor: “[Male First Name], uhh… [Last Name]?”
I call the main switchboard to see if they can locate the patient, and sure enough, they can’t find anyone under that name.
I report back to the visitor.
Visitor: “Oh, I have this friend here, [Male Name], and he’s in a wheelchair. You know him?”
This hospital has almost 1,000 beds, and I’m not exactly on a first-name basis with patients!
I asked for the spelling of their name, and… they couldn’t tell me. I informed the visitor that they needed the correct spelling of any patient’s first and last name in order to visit. The patient wandered out the door. This happens at least once a shift.
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